478 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 6,496 ft to a summit of
6,974 ft. Measured from the lowest and highest lift terminal on this
mountain — not a box around a map pin — and cut into
3 five-hundred-foot bands.
478
ft vertical
6,496
ft base
6,974
ft summit
1
uphill lifts
303
footprint acres
The column
3 bands · base to summit
6,000–6,50036 ac · 11.9° · NNW175 mm
6,500–7,000237 ac · 20.5° · NNE188 mm
7,000–7,50030 ac · 16.7° · NE188 mm
under 15° easier15–25° more difficult25–33° most difficultover 33° expertbar length = acres · fill = elevation
Bands
3
All lifts
1
Lift length
0.5 km
Steepest band
20.5°
Operator
—
Coordinates
46.1723, -113.2135
Band by band
slope, aspect and winter normal
Band (ft)
Acres
Slope°
Rating
Aspect
Deg
NDJFM mm
6,000–6,500
36
11.9
easier
NNW
344
175
6,500–7,000
237
20.5
more difficult
NNE
32
188
7,000–7,500
30
16.7
more difficult
NE
49
188
Slope and aspect are the Horn 3×3 method on a ~13 m DEM. A band's
aspect is the direction of the mean unit vector, not the mean of the angles.
NDJFM mm is the PRISM 1991–2020 November–March precipitation normal at
that height — liquid equivalent, not snow depth.
How this mountain gets scored
the verification station
Peterson Meadows SNOTEL (930:MT:SNTL) is
8.9 km away at 7,190 ft —
-216 ft below this summit. It reports hourly precipitation,
snow water equivalent and temperature at a surveyed elevation, which is the only
truth at height that does not have to be interpolated first. Forecasts for this mountain
will be scored there, and the score published whether or not it flatters.